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13 March 2019 – David Rotenstein 1
In January, History@Work published Heather Carpini’s important essay on competing histories. Carpini’s appeal for historians to dig “deeper, past the obvious sources, into the lives of the people who shaped, and were shaped by, a certain place” is an essential call to action. Read More
04 February 2019 – Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan 4
In his Congressional Gold Medal acceptance speech from 2013, Dr. Muhammad Yunus quipped that one day “soon we will visit the museum to see poverty.” Given that public historians interpret and document other social ills in museums and historic sites— sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism—where does poverty and its attendant questions of class fit in our interpretive plans? Read More
08 January 2019 – Abby Klionsky
As an institution older than the nation itself, Princeton University and its history often reflect social and political trends of the broader United States, as well as its patterns of exclusion and erasure. A new digital project, called (In)Visible Princeton, is one step toward confronting some of these historical injustices and helping Princeton reconcile the values of its past with the ones it embodies today. Read More
01 January 2019 – Andrew Lang 2
In recent years, the debate over immigration and migration to the United States has been especially pronounced, with calls to end “invasions” of “illegal immigrants” from Latin America, build a border wall, institute a “Muslim travel ban,” refuse refugees seeking asylum, and rescind birthright citizenship. Read More
06 December 2018 – Seth Bruggeman and Cathy Stanton 1
Ideally, a conference theme is broad enough to encompass the breadth of a field, yet specific enough to create cohesion and perhaps spark new synergies and connections within that field. Seth Bruggeman and Cathy Stanton, Program Committee co-chairs for the 2019 NCPH Annual Meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, reflect on how this year’s theme of “Repair Work” was developed and how it has shaped the program. Read More
02 November 2018 – editors
Editors’ Note: The History@Work editors thought our readers might be interested in the following conversation prompted by the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018.
Will Walker: Adina, do you think you could write something about Pittsburgh that connects to the history of U.S. Read More
26 July 2018 – Adina Langer
Editors’ Note: This is the second part of a two-part editorial conversation on interpreting immigration in public history. Part 1 is available here.
AJL: How can public historians effectively take an intersectional approach to interpreting immigration? How can we bring different audiences and stakeholders together? Read More
24 July 2018 – Dan Ott, Rachel Boyle and Stella Ress
collaboration, economics, sustainability, profession, consultants, employment, funding, 2018 annual meeting, NCPH, working group, new professionals, Capitalism, advocacy, conference, social justice, ethics, entrepreneurialism
“So, how do we solve the problems of capitalism?” Read More
19 July 2018 – Adina Langer 3
Immigration, advocacy, social justice, community history, human rights, international, politics, race
Editors’ Note: Four years ago, outgoing NCPH president Bob Weyeneth called on public historians to “pull back the curtain” on their process. Turning topics of contemporary relevance into public history involves numerous collegial conversations which usually remain behind the scenes. The History@Work editors thought our readers might be interested in the following conversation prompted by Adina Langer’s development of a new exhibition at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education at Kennesaw State University. Read More
26 June 2018 – Kimber Heinz
incarceration, advocacy, social justice, community history, NCPH 2018 Awards, memory, sense of place, collaboration, politics, race, conference
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of pieces by recipients of NCPH’s 2018 best in public history awards.
From this year’s annual conference, one thing seems clear: as public historians, we want our work to make a difference. Read More